forsale_warning - Profile (original) (raw)

on 28 July 2006 (#10776164)

Scum, Scammers, Jerks, and Liars and the stuff the

This is a sister community to forsale and is intended to be more open than that community, with a whole lot fewer rules.

The main idea is that you can post warnings about users who have ripped you off, lied, cheated, or otherwise caused you loss in a transaction online. This isn't limited to activity in forsale but extends to any relatively formal trade or sale agreement online; on LJ, etsy, ebay, yahoo, etc.

There will be no "list" of bad sellers kept here by this moderator.

  1. Post a full description of the situation.

  2. Do not disable comments or your post will be deleted

  3. Post publicly, not friends-only if you can.

  4. Comments will not be deleted unless they are offensive; use common sense.

  5. There's a fine line between warning people and abuse, and that's to the community of users and your trusty moderator to decide.

  6. If you were ripped off doing something illegal, don't expect much sympathy from the moderator (trading bootlegs, selling CD-Rs, etc)

  7. Do not post advertisements for your own stores, sales, trades, or communities; go to forsale or elsewhere for that.

This is a moderated community, and it may take a 1-7 days for me to add you to the group. Once you're approved (and you will be approved unless your account has been deleted by the time I get to you), you will be able to post freely.

You don't have to stick to complaining; if you have an experience that was genuinely good, you can mention that, but the line between mentioning a legitimate good experience and advertising a friend's store is pretty thin, so please be honest.

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